i think im going to continue using tranny to be fair yeah transgender is a person who mentally identifies as a different gender to the sex they were born and a transexual goes about changing their physical identity to match the gender they identify with im aware of the difference and its still valid as far as i am aware when did they stop teaching about the difference between a word itself and the intent behind it when its used in schools i actually remember our teacher saying its important to remember the difference in case you end up embarrassing yourself by misinterpreting what someone else says or means